Figurative Language In Romeo And Juliet

Romance is everywhere. Books, poems, television shows, and movies all have romance. Everyone loves a good romance story. One of the most iconic love stories is William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a timely romance about two lovers who cannot be together because of their families’ hatred for each other. Romeo and Juliet’s love led them to make rash and harsh decisions, resulting in their deaths. This famous play gives a timely lesson to all through these two characters. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet teaches that love can drive people crazy. Love drives people crazy because it causes people to be irrational. Nearing the end of the play, Romeo and Juliet are so in love that they both kill themselves. After seeing Romeo kill himself, Juliet says, “Yea noise? Then I’ll be brief. O, happy dagger,/This is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die” (5.3.174-175). Juliet is talking about stabbing herself with a dagger so that she can be happy with Romeo in death. She is using figurative language to say her body is the sheath for the blade. By telling the dagger to rust, she desires the blade to stay there for a while, which means she will be dead. Juliet is so in love with Romeo

While Romeo and Juliet confess their love for each other, Juliet bids him goodnight. Romeo can’t sleep because he can’t stop thinking about Juliet. Romeo says, “Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast./Would I were to sleep and peace so sweet to rest./Hence will I go to my ghostly friar’s close cell,/His help to crave, and my dear hap to tell”(2.3. 202-205). Romeo decides not to sleep and goes to the friar’s cell to find help. For people to function, they need sleep. Romeo lets love cloud his mind from something important, as it does for many of his decisions. Unfortunately, Romeo is too excited and gets blinded by love. Romeo’s poor choices due to love to prove why love can cloud your